Lawn-protector.



E. E. LILLEGRBN.

LMVN PROTECTOR.

APPLIOATIUH FILED DBO. 26,1908.

Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

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ENOGH E. LILLEGREN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESTA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

LAWN-PROTECTOR.

Patented March 23, 1909.

Application :filed December 26, 1908. Serial No. 469,286.

To all 'whom 'it may concern: l

. Be it known that l, ENOoH E. LILLEGREN, citizen of the United States7 residing at Minneapolis7 in the county of Hennepin and State oi Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lawn-Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a corner protector for lawns and parking and comprises a skeleton plate having upstanding pins.

The object of this invention is to save the grass at the corners of lawns and parks from being tram iled, due to people crossing said corners an at the same time to provide a device which is substantially invisible in use.

The construction will be apparent from the following specification and drawings thereof in whioh Figure 1 isa top plan view of the inven- Y tion; Fig. 2 is a side elevational view; Fig. 3

is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Y Referring to the drawings, the protector consists of side pieces 5 extending at angles as desired to it the corners of the lawn, and pieces 6 connecting the ends vand corners of the pieces 5. Between the pieces 5 and 6,

.and perpendicular to the Vpieces 5 are webbed pieces 7, which are distributed uniformly within the frame formed by the pieces 5 and v6. At the bottom of the pieces 5 are flanges 8 which extend outwardly, and which serve to form a substantial base for kthe device at the edge or border of the lawn. The upper faces of the pieces 5, 6 and 7 Vhave upstanding pins or projections 10 which are two or three inches in height. These pins are spacedl on the several pieces so as to make walking thereon impossible or impracticable.

ln use, the protector is embedded in the ground, so that the `upper faces oi the pieces 5, Gand 7 are on a level with the ground. The flanges 8 and9 ai'lord a bed plate, which bears the weight impressed upon the pins 10 and prevents the device from settling into the ground. The pins l0 being about the height of the grass, they may be painted green and thus made obscure.

The device being composed oi' narrow strips and the space therebetween being comparatively broad, the grass grows between the strips and practically conceals the strips and the ins thereon from sight.

Various mo iiications may be made within the scope of lthe claims and the invention is not limited to the exact device shown.

l claim:

l. A lawn corner protector comprising` 

